Village House
by HOOCH, Pieter de, Oil on canvas, 61 x 47 cm
In the courtyard behind a house, the red-brick walls of which are decorated with white pilasters, a man and a woman sit at a table. She squeezes a piece of lemon above her glass, while he watches with interest, as does the woman standing, who holds a glass of beer in her hand.
This painting clearly testifies to the attention De Hooch paid to perspective and spatial effect.